california: How is driving in Santa Ana, Anaheim Costa mas and Los Angeles counties in California. Are there any special rules and regulation one needs to know? What are the dos and dons?|||You want to rent a car. Are you old enough and do you meet the requirements for renting a car? Can you afford the daily rental rate, the insurance and the parking fees that you will have to pay? A hotel will charge at least $15 to park overnight, most places charge as much or more for daily parking, plus gas to drive from one to the other. The bus/metro/subway system is awesome and costs only a few dollars per day. You will arrive at your destination much quicker than you will if you drive. For example, we recently went by public transportation from Universal Studios to Disneyland. Friends left at the same time and drove. We arrived before they did and it cost us $3 which is far less than it cost them. If you think that you need to drive, be prepared for very busy highways filled to overflowing. Expect rush hour to be from 6 am to 10 pm. Even at night there is a lot of traffic. Study your map the night before so that you will know where to turn to get to where you are going. You will need to be ready to change lanes quickly to get to off-ramps and you will not have time to watch the traffic and signs so you need to be prepared.|||I would definitely use a GPS. The interchanges can be confusing. If you don't feel comfortable with the speed of the traffic, it's advisable to stay in the lane that is next to the far left lane. This way, the traffic is slower and you don't have to worry as much about traffic merging from the onramps. Good luck and have fun!